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I’d say “SEH-lann-deen”. Anyways, I think that Celandine is a gorgeous, sweet girl name.

SEH lan dien. That's what the plant sounds like, but people might well guess at SEH lan deen.

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I find it long and unattractive. If I wanted a Cel- name, I'd go for Celia; if I wanted a Ce- name, then Cecily. And isn't celandine a weed?

It just doesn’t sound like a name to me.

I quite like Celandine, though it's certainly very different. Since I pronounce it "SEL-an-deen," the rhythm is similar to cellar door, which J.R.R. Tolkien himself called the most beautiful word in the English language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_and_Welsh).

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Independently of learning of this assertion, I once decided that - regardless of definition - the prettiest English word was... cellophane. Which also has a similar rhythm.

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Celandine is a nice midpoint between these words - and also has a much more attractive definition (a bird).

Celandine is enchanting and sylvan. I love it! I pronounce it "SEHL-ən-deen."

Don't like it, pronounce cell an dine

I think Celestine send Clementine.

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Cell-Ann-deen